The Kaliningrad holding intends to launch a remotorization project in Russia: the company will convert used cars with internal combustion engines into electric cars by installing electric motors of its own design on them. Previously it was reported that these will be electric motors with a capacity of 23 to 120 kilowatts (31-163 horsepower). Now details have emerged about the cost of this service: no more than one million rubles for a passenger car and no more than two million for commercial vehicles.
Dmitry Chemakin, vice president of Avtotor Holding and director of the remotorization department, answered the question about the cost of remotorization “Behind the Wheel”; he also touched upon other topics related to electric transport in the interview. Chemakin said that by 2030 “every sixth car will be electric,” but so far technological sovereignty is preventing this.
“You can’t produce absolutely everything yourself,” he explained. — For batteries, for example, we are focusing on projects aimed at import substitution. Industrial cooperation is important here. For example, we cooperate with Rosatom.”
“Avtotor” told how it will convert cars with internal combustion engines into electric cars. “Avtotor” launched a plant to produce motors for electric vehicles. “Avtotor” launched a domestic electric car for testing. It will cost a million rubles
Rosatom is Avtotor’s partner in the remotorization project. The state corporation, together with Avtotor, will organize the production of motors with a capacity of 23 kilowatts, and in the future – up to 140 kilowatts.
Speaking about the cost of remotorization, Chemakin noted that one million rubles (or two million in the case of commercial vehicles) is a “psychological mark.” “We must take into account that the battery is the most expensive part, its cost is 40–50 percent of the entire car, so remotorization cannot be completely cheap,” he emphasized. “At the same time, remotorization allows you to slightly increase the power of the car.” According to his estimates, the average payback is five to seven years, but this depends on the intensity of operation. For a taxi, for example, it is only three to four years.
The massive remotorization project is planned to be launched in 2025 for commercial vehicles and in 2026 for passenger vehicles. But only “under favorable conditions.”
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